Exploring Aspirations, Artist Stats, and Oscars Criticisms

This episode is about Hollywood's biggest night, the Academy Awards. I’m joined by friend of the pod Zack O'Malley Greenburg to dive deep into the Oscars, how it compares to the Grammys, its relationship with music, the money spent on campaigns, the dramas, the major controversies, and some wild theories.

00:00 The money behind the Oscars

06:30 Why the Grammys gets worse ratings than the Oscars

22:05 What happened to big movie soundtracks?

31:36 Controversies over the years

40:02 Biggest snubs of all time

44:39 How to improve the show

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